9 Best Selling Products during Great Depression

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9. Beauty products

Even though the Roaring Twenties were followed by the Great Depression, aside from the incredible gap between the periods there were some waves such as fashion and beauty products that continued to live in the harsh period. As we said in the introduction, people sought escapism in the Hollywood movies, women particularly were enchanted by the beauty of actresses of the time and they tried to recreate the lush looks from the movies with so little they had at home. Beauty products such as eyeliner and lipstick were still used but in much less quantity so it can last much longer.

 9 Best-Selling Products during the Great Depression

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